Hanford Nuclear Reservation

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Hanford_Nuclear_Reservation

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	decommissioned nuclear production complex nuclear site
gptkbp:adjacentTo	gptkb:Columbia_River
gptkbp:area	586 square miles
gptkbp:cleanupCostEstimate	over $100 billion
gptkbp:cleanupStart	1989
gptkbp:contains	burial grounds decommissioned reactors processing facilities radioactive waste storage tanks waste treatment plants
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned	1987
gptkbp:employs	thousands of workers
gptkbp:environmentalImpact	groundwater contamination radioactive waste tank leaks
gptkbp:established	1943
gptkbp:firstPlutoniumProduced	1944
gptkbp:governedBy	gptkb:Tri-Party_Agreement
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	first full-scale plutonium production reactor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Hanford Nuclear Reservation
gptkbp:listedOn	gptkb:National_Priorities_List_(Superfund)
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Benton_County,_Washington
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Hanford_downwinders B Reactor National Historic Landmark designation Hanford Reach National Monument designation Hanford Site tank leaks
gptkbp:notableFor	largest environmental cleanup in U.S. history
gptkbp:notableInstitution	gptkb:B_Reactor gptkb:N_Reactor gptkb:PUREX_Plant gptkb:T_Plant
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:DuPont gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Energy gptkb:Westinghouse
gptkbp:oversees	gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Energy
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkbp:plutoniumUsedIn	gptkb:Fat_Man_atomic_bomb gptkb:Trinity_test
gptkbp:produced	U.S. nuclear weapons program
gptkbp:purpose	plutonium production
gptkbp:status	environmental cleanup site
gptkbp:Tri-PartyAgreementParties	gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Energy gptkb:U.S._Environmental_Protection_Agency gptkb:Washington_State_Department_of_Ecology
gptkbp:website	https://www.hanford.gov/
gptkbp:wildlife	gptkb:Hanford_Reach_National_Monument
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Hanford_K-Basins
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5